City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 28, 2013 (REVISED)
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Alexandria Fund for Human Services FY 2014 Grant Awards (REVISED)
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ISSUE: Report of the Alexandria Fund for Human Services (AFHS) grant awards for FY 2014.
RECOMMENDATIONS: That City Council:
(1) Receive the report of the Alexandria Fund for Human Services FY 2014 grant awards, which includes the grant awards for Community Partnership, Children, and Youth Priorities; and
(2) Thank the members of the citizen review panels of the AFHS for their leadership in the allocation process.
DISCUSSION: AFHS is the umbrella fund through which the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) staff coordinates and administers grants and special initiatives for the two human service grant funds, the Children's and Youth Fund (CYF), and the Community Partnership Fund (CPF). The CYF assists organizations in providing quality early childhood education programs and comprehensive services for at-risk children, birth through age five; and supports programs, services and activities that promote positive youth development for youth, ages six to 21. The CPF supports human service priorities that address self-sufficiency, prevention, protection and treatment.
All grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Review panels evaluate applications and make funding recommendations based on the selection criteria set forth in the Request for Grant Proposal guidelines.
There were a total of 68 applications seeking funding for FY 2014, requesting a total of $3,117,757. Of this total, eight were submitted to the CYF Children's Priority, 26 to the CYF Youth Priority and 34 to the CPF.
Sixteen of the 68 proposals (24%) submitted were for previously unfunded programs. Seven (7) o...
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